Monday night, Hampton Mayor Mamie Locke told the citizen's group -- the Ad Hoc Leadership Group - - that its role didn't include investigating the death of the 32-year-old woman.

She said their job is to seek information about the incident and communicate what they learn to the city's citizens.

Locke said only the police are responsible for investigating, along with the Commonwealth's Attorney and the FBI.

The mayor's comments came several days after group members said they wanted independent experts to analyze evidence in the case. But Locke said calling in outside experts wasn't discussed during Monday night's two-hour closed-door meeting with the citizens' group.

When the citizens' group was created in 1999, city officials said its purpose was to restore public confidence in the administrative and legal systems in racially charged matters.

Langford said Tuesday that the mandate is not being followed in this case.

Andrea Nicole Reedy, 32, was shot by Hampton police who stopped her car July 27 after a four-mile pursuit from Colonial Avenue to downtown Hampton.

Police said they were following Reedy because she was driving recklessly. Reedy was black. The two officers involved in the shooting are white.

Police said two officers fired at Reedy after she rammed a police car, then suddenly backed up trapping one of them in her open car door.

But some members of the citizens' group, who last week viewed a videotape from a camera mounted on a police cruiser, said the tape doesn't show an officer trapped in her car door. One member said gunshots rang out before Reedy's car went forward or backward.

Langford said the City Council should release more information to the public including the videotape and the names of all officers at the scene on the night of the shooting.

UPCOMING PROTEST EVENTS RELATED TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ANDREA NICOLE REEDY

When: 11 a.m., Friday

* A press conference calling on state officials to monitor the Reedy case.

Where: At the bell tower on the Capitol grounds in Richmond.

When: 3 p.m., Saturday

* An afternoon prayer service for Reedy where the shooting occurred.

Where: Eaton Street and East Pembroke Avenue.

When: 6 p.m., Sept. 11

* A walk from Reedy's former Marion Road home to the scene of the shooting.

Where: 400 block of Marion Road.

Keith Rushing can be reached at 247-7870 or by e- mail at krushing@dailypress.com